[REVIEW] End of Month Reviews #18 - June 2005 [spoilers]

[Dave Van Domelen]

In article <BAY24-F5D50D76DBD5C13C98E07DCAE40 at phx.gbl>,
Saxon Brenton <saxonbrenton at hotmail.com> wrote:
>Academy of Super-Heroes #60
>'The Truth Comes Out'
>The Romance of the Three Republics
>An Academy of Super-Heroes [ASH] series
>by Dave Van Domelen
>
>     Okay, I hadn't expected that. 

     That's the sort of thing I wanted to hear.  :)  When I plotted out the
arc back in August 2004, the whole idea was to be peeling back another layer
of the onion in each sub-arc, finally revealing a core that was adequately
foreshadowed yet still a surprise.  

>Ooh! Ooh! If the Leviathan wins this round, then maybe we'll end
>up with a pulp era style version of Venus as the Leviathan turns the
>inhabitants of Montreal into lizard men!

     Well, I DO plan on lizard men, yes.  It'd almost be criminal NOT to have
'em.  However, keep in mind that there's a second planetary lifeforce OTHER
than the Leviathan...the plants had their own voice.  It's not just Peregryn
vs. Leviathan.  And then there's the Viaus to consider.  And that's before
Q'Nos puts his hoof in the ring....

>     And after that bit of wild speculation, the prediction that the
>paranormal called Timeslip who's coming back from 2048 is probably Fury's
>son Chris seems pretty mundane.

     Certainly not unreasonable.  :)

     Dave Van Domelen, notes he's also read David Drake's "Seas of Venus"
stories.....